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nhanchaukp/env-editor
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.env editor library

2.0.0(3y ago)04MITPHPPHP >=7.4

Since Dec 7Pushed 3y agoCompare

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PHP .env editor
===============

[](#php-env-editor)

A `.env` file editor library for PHP.

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

Using [Composer](http://getcomposer.org/):

```
composer require nhanchaukp/env-editor

```

Usage example
-------------

[](#usage-example)

```
$envFile = \EnvEditor\EnvFile::loadFrom(__DIR__."/.env.example");

$envFile->setValue("exampleKey", "exampleValue");
$envFile->setValue("LOG_DIR", __DIR__."/logs");
// ...

$envFile->saveTo(__DIR__."/.env");
```

###  Health Score

21

—

LowBetter than 19% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity3

Limited adoption so far

Community8

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity46

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 87.5% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

1249d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d4d66c3eac929e6b2c86ff9dc13f7fb05c431d956db07fbe58014f6daf8f55fc?d=identicon)[nhanchaukp](/maintainers/nhanchaukp)

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Top Contributors

[![K-Adam](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/9156245?v=4)](https://github.com/K-Adam "K-Adam (14 commits)")[![nhanchaukp](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/16833818?v=4)](https://github.com/nhanchaukp "nhanchaukp (2 commits)")

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Tags

envdot envenv-editorenv-phpenv-loaderenv-writer

###  Code Quality

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